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' NICHOLAS J. MQIVIAHON, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL ELEC- TRIC COMPANY, A CQRPOBATION OF'NEW.YORK.

SKID.

Application filed- September 15, 1924. Serial No. 737,672. 1

My invention relates to the construction of skids and an object of my invention is to provide a skid which is simple, strong and durable and may be manufactured at aminimum cost. a =My invention Wlll be better understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

and its scope will be pointed out'in theappended claim.

plan View of a skid involvingmy invention. Fig. "2 is a side elevation of the same and Fig. 3 is anend elevation.

In the drawing, the top 1, which for'eX-' ample, may be constructed, of heavy wooden planks, is secured in any suitable manner to longitudinal stringers '2' thus "forming the platform of the skid. Adjacent each of the four. corners of the platform is ,a foot 3 which is formed up from sheet metal, a steel stamping for example. The metal strip forming each foot is given two approximately right angle bends 4 at points spaced from each other and spaced from its middle portion. In order that the bottoms of these feet shall have a rounded or convex bearing portion, the material forming the strip is made to swell outwardly both between the two bends 4 as shown in Fig. 3 and between opposite edges as shown at 5 in Fig. 2.

shoulders engaging lower edges of the- At its upper end each side portion of each I foot is given an offset 6thereby forming an inwardly extending shoulder upon which rests a stringer 2. Each foot is shown secured to a stringer by means of two bolts 7 having nuts 8 by whichthe foot' may be] firmly clamped against opposite sides of a stringer and in such a position that the bottom face of the stringer rests upon the 7 shoulder formed inthe foot. Referring tothe drawing Fig. 1 is atop 1 What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is A; skid comprising a platform formed of a plurality of stringers/and a' topsecured thereto, a plurality of supporting feet each comprisingv a one piece, transversely ar-j ranged sheet metal strip bentsubstantially U-shaped, the upper end portions of each being fiat and having ofisets forming stringers, and means for clamping said end portions to opposite sldes ofthe stringers, the lower portion of each foot having two substantially right angle bends, the material 55 between the bends" swelling outwardly to form aconvex' bearing surface. g V V In witness whereof, I. have hereuntoset my hand this 9th day of September,"1924. v

NICHOLAS J. ,MOMAHON; 

